Social Work Databases
Subject Area Librarian
Journal Articles & Databases for Social Work
The following indexes have been recommended for full text journal articles, articles in peer reviewed journals, and citations & abstracts in Social Work. To access these databases go to the Journals & Databases A-Z list.
- Social Work Abstracts
- SOCindex
- Social Science Module (Proquest)
- Academic Search Complete (An academic interdisciplinary database)
- ERIC (for school social work)
- Medline/PubMed (Health care social work)
For Tests, Measurements, Assessments
- Tests In Print
- Mental Measurements Yearbook
- HAPI – Health and Psychosocial Instruments
Grants and Foundations Directories
Web sites for Population and HHS Statistics
Web Sites For Tracking the Healthcare Public Policy Process
Strategy to locate and access copies of articles
- Conduct a literature search in the recommended indexes (above)
- Many indexes include full-text articles in PDF, TXT, and HTML formats. Use the
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- If you have a citation (Journal name, article title, year, volume number, etc) use the Full Text Journals List to locate content.
- Double check the GSU Library Catalog to locate journals in print and microfilm formats, if not found in the Full Text Journals List.
Books
Book Reviews, Media Directories and Book Identification Tools
Social Work Pathfinder
Click below for additional resources recommended by your subject area librarian.
Writing a Research Paper
Click below for access to style manuals, dictionaries, thesauri, grammar sites and the GSU writing center.